Latest Super AMOLED news

Samsung’s lead in smartphone display technology is ever widening

Although Nokia was the first brand that launched a mobile phone with an AMOLED screen (the Nokia N85), it was Samsung that popularized the technology by using it consistently on its phones and bringing it to more and more price points with each passing year. The Nokia N85 was launched in August 2008, and the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 years ago

OnePlus 3 uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED display

Samsung has been lending its chipsets to other brands such as Meizu and DeePoon. The Nexus 6P featured an AMOLED panel from Samsung, and it has now been uncovered that the recently announced OnePlus 3 smartphone uses Samsung’s Super AMOLED display. OnePlus is marketing the display on the OnePlus 3 as an Optic AMOLED panel. However, the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

Samsung executive claims that bendable display launch is “right around the corner”

Three days ago, a report was published by Bloomberg suggesting that Samsung may release two smartphones with bendable displays in 2017. However the head of Samsung’s North American business, Gregory Lee, seems to think they’ll hit the market a little sooner than expected as when asked about the technology at Rutberg’s Future: Mobile conference in […]

By Josh L.
7 years ago

Bloomberg: Samsung may release two new smartphones with bendable screens in 2017

We were the first ones to report that Samsung is working on a new smartphone codenamed Project Valley with a bendable display. Now, Bloomberg is reporting that the South Korean smartphone giant may release two new smartphones with bendable screens in 2017. According to the report, Samsung’s flagship smartphones will use bendable OLED displays next […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

Samsung and LG to go head to head in the OLED panel business

Korean rivals Samsung and LG are looking to change their strategies in the OLED display panel business to compete with each other. Samsung is going to make a substantial investment in OLED TV panel manufacturing while LG is planning to invest in smaller OLED display panels for smartphones. According to sources in the display industry, […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

Samsung leads the small and medium display market with the help of its AMOLED panels

Samsung led the small and medium display market last year according to a new report from market research firm IHS. The company’s dominant market share can be attributed to its Super AMOLED displays that are being used in smartphones, tablets, and even laptops. According to the latest numbers from IHS, Samsung Display had a market […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

AMOLED displays are now cheaper to produce than LCD displays

Samsung has been killing it in the smartphone segment with its Super AMOLED displays. AMOLED displays are superior to LCD panels in many ways: they are thinner, have better contrast and deeper blacks. However, other smartphone brands did not adopt this technology due to higher panel costs. Now, the production cost of AMOLED panels is said to have fallen […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

Samsung to benefit as demand for AMOLED smartphone display panels rises

Since Samsung started using AMOLED display panels in its smartphones, especially the Galaxy S series, the popularity of AMOLED display panels has increased tremendously. Market research firm IHS iSuppli is reporting that the sale of smartphone AMOLED screens has continued to increase by a great deal. The share of AMOLED technology in the smartphone display market has increased […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
7 years ago

Test reveals how Samsung is consistently improving its Super AMOLED displays

Samsung popularised the use of Super AMOLED displays in smartphones. The Galaxy S was the first smartphone to use a Super AMOLED display, and the company flaunted its deep black levels and theoretically infinite contrast ratio that no other LCD panels could match, but the display was very power hungry when displaying whites and displayed […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
8 years ago

Benefits of Super AMOLED displays highlighted in new infographic

Its no secret that Samsung has advocated the benefits of Super AMOLED displays over LCD but it has stepped up these efforts recently. Recently the company released a couple of Super AMOLED tablets so it seems apt that now Samsung is focusing on highlighting this technology. Samsung does go into too many technical details but mentions […]

By Adnan Farooqui
9 years ago

Samsung to use PLS LCD displays for Galaxy S5 and Note 4?

We’ve gobbled up all the rumors and leaks about the Galaxy S5 eagerly, but the latest rumor is one that will probably turn off a lot of folks. According to the Korean media, Samsung is considering using PLS LCD displays on next year flagships like the Galaxy S5 and Note 4, in order to reduce […]

By Martin R.
9 years ago

Samsung to launch more AMOLED tablets in 2014

The Galaxy Tab 7.7 didn’t really make much of an impact in the market when it was launched back in late 2011, but many fondly remember it to this day for a single reason – it was the one and only tablet Samsung launched with a Super AMOLED screen, one of the best anyone had ever […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
9 years ago

Samsung confirms Galaxy Note 3 has PenTile display

We’ve already heard that the Galaxy Note 3’s Super AMOLED display uses a PenTile pixel arrangement like the Galaxy S4, but lack of official word from Samsung still left a small doubt whether that was actually the case. Well, that doubt can be given the boot today, as the Korean manufacturer has apparently confirmed to […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 uses PenTile AMOLED like Galaxy S4

Whenever Samsung makes a new flagship handset official, one question always arises – does it use a Super AMOLED display with a PenTile matrix, or maybe, just maybe, an RGB matrix? Well, if that question has been lingering on your mind regarding the Galaxy Note 3, then the answer is that Samsung has once again […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
10 years ago